I am not a female photographer. I am a photographerwho happens to be female. Together, in this industry, in the year 2015, we are simply photographers. We are not defined by our gender. I, for one, want to be defined by my talent and ability, not by the fact I have a uterus and my [...]
Photographers love taking pictures of shipwrecks, washed ashore by the tides. The older and more barnacle crusted the ship carcass, the better. Photographers will sometimes travel great distance to snap photos of some of the more renowned sites and, as Australia photographers are discovering, will even assemble (in surprisingly large numbers) to photograph them. When [...]
Committing work is not an easy task. Hitting that save button for the last time and shipping your work may be frightening. Your work is leaving your hands and it no longer under your control. Whatever greatness or mistakes that you’ve put in are there forever now. I guess, this is why committing to a [...]
Charging batteries isan everyday part of the 21st-century photographer’s life. While we shared earlier today how to prevent a battery fire, this little bit of awesome may do just the opposite. (Okay, so, not really…) The video production team at Vimeo put together a great tutorial on how they constructed the most epic battery charging [...]
THE MOMENT OF HORROR No. No. Please, no. A moment of terror for every photographer out there. I opened my photo bag, took out my cam to take a picture of the street filled with warm sunset light and then it happened. Imagine this moment in slow-motion. While listening to music with my noise-cancelling headphones [...]
Sydney based street photographer, Dillon Mak, spent some time over the weekend documenting the Reclaim Australia protests and, wanting to create something in addition to the still images, the photographer also recorded video of the action. What sets Mak’s protest videos apart from all the others is the way he managed to capture it–by mounting [...]
More than once I have succumbed to the pressure to be in one and together with me, only few have been able to escape the phenomenon of the selfie. Selfies seem to have become just another part of life. Over time the wonderment about people striking the strangest of poses in front of their telephones [...]
Using a Curves Adjustment Layer with the Blend Mode set to Screen to correct exposure in Photoshop.
In general, where images are too dark, this is referred to as underexposed. Conversely, images that are too light are overexposed. Photos taken on sunny days are prone to being overexposed.
An animated gif to illustrate a correct exposure, an underexposed shot and an overexposed one.
In an ideal situation, the aim is to try and... more
9 Volt batteries are good for a lot of things, but they are also somewhat dangerous as both terminals are on the same side and if they are not stored right can create a spark or heat up to the point where they could start a fire. Actually we share a tutorial on how to [...]
Ideally, every time we take photos of someone, there is a studio full of equipment at our disposal or wonderful sunlight that is perfectly diffused. This, however, is not reality. Usually, the sun is either too faint or too harsh. We don’t always have access to a studio, let alone one full of lighting gear that we can use. Sometimes, we also just don’t have the time to learn a new technique, rent more gear, or find the perfect location. Other times, the subject has very limited... more
